Proverbs 15:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃

Transliteration

Śip̄tê ḥăḵāmîm yəzārû dāʿat wəlēḇ kəsîlîm lōʾ-ḵēn

Grammar Details

• *Śip̄tê*: noun, feminine dual construct - lips of
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wise ones
• *yəzārû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - scatter/spread/disperse
• *dāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge
• *wəlēḇ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - but heart of
• *kəsîlîm*: noun, masculine plural - fools
• *lōʾ-ḵēn*: negative particle + adverb - not so

Word Meanings

• *Śip̄tê ḥăḵāmîm*: lips of wise/speech of wise ones
• *yəzārû*: scatter/spread/disperse
• *dāʿat*: knowledge/understanding/insight
• *wəlēḇ kəsîlîm*: but heart of fools/yet mind of foolish
• *lōʾ-ḵēn*: not so/is not right/does not do so

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:34 : 34 ‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.›
• Matt 28:18-20 : 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ‹All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.› 19 ‹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:› 20 ‹Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,› [even] ‹unto the end of the world.› Amen.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, ‹Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.›
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, ‹Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:› 10 ‹For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.›
• Rom 10:14-17 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• Rom 15:18-21 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
• Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
• Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
• Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
• Ps 51:13-15 : 13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 ¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
• Ps 71:15-18 : 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof]. 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
• Ps 78:2-6 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
• Ps 119:13 : 13 ¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
• Prov 10:20-21 : 20 ¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.
• Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
• Matt 10:27 : 27 ‹What I tell you in darkness,› [that] ‹speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear,› [that] ‹preach ye upon the housetops.›